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World's Very Best Opera for Kids... in English! | 
 enlarge | Creators: Allan Monk, Brian Banion, Daniel Lichti, Gregory Dahl, Georges Bizet, George Frederick Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jacques Offenbach, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner, Tamas Gal, Daniel Taylor, Erin Thrall, Jean Stilwell, Budapest Concert Orchestra, Aline Kulan, Lambroula Maria Pappas, Laura Whalen
Label: Children's Group
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
Buy New: $9.95
You Save: $4.03 (29%)
New (16) from $9.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 12572
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 068478434123
EAN: 0068478434123
ASIN: B0000C5ROP
Release Date: September 23, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
I finally understand what these arias mean!!! July 30, 2008
I love this CD and can't wait to use it with my music students when school resumes. Opera is always a difficult subject to create affinity for...this will be extremely helpful!
If your child loves music... November 5, 2007
This CD is a treat for anyone who enjoys opera. It includes many well known arias. The words are printed out so it is easy to follow along, something that lets you tell the story to a child. This serves as a good introduction for anyone new to opera.
Outstanding Resource - We LOVE This CD! July 16, 2007
This is a GREAT CD! Both the children and my husband and I love it. We bought it as an introduction to opera for our homeschooled children, and never guessed we'd all enjoy it so much.
All the tunes are ones you will probably recognize - but hearing the words that go with the music and hearing them in *English* is so helpful! It has been really fun to find out what these songs are really about.
My kids and I often catch ourselves singing opera through the day now, which is really neat. It has helped build their understanding of music in many different ways, and has improved my oldest daughter's voice ability as she strives to keep up with the professional singers on the CD.
The music is beautiful, the words are lovely and give meaning, and this whole CD is just exceptionally good entertainment!
Great Intro to Operas October 16, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
THE WORLD"S VERY BEST OPERA FOR KIDS is a collection of fourteen of the best loved arias in the world. The whole family will enjoy this CD, which is a unique version of these famous arias in that these are all sung in English so your child (and you) can appreciate and imagine the story that it illustrates. It is a wonderful introduction to opera and will have the whole family humming the memorable melodies, which are sung by some of the best of famous voices. You will be inspired to read the storylines of the operas to your children for a wonderful educational and delightful family hour. The CD includes an insert with the words so you can sing along
A Sampler of Greatest Hits and Karaoke, Too April 5, 2006
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
It really doesn't get much better than this CD. The primary benefit of the music is that it is a terrific selection of funny and touching arias from the classical genre. I am an opera lover and bought this for myself to memorize the words in English, as prompts when I listen to the pieces untranslated. I started listening to the CD while I was driving, and within a week had bought about a dozen CDs to distribute to family members and friends, with kids (and without). Everyone loves it. And at the end of the CD are several tracks of just the music, so you can sing along, which is a hoot. Your friends and colleagues, who hear you barking along to beats, will think you have taken leave of your senses. The lyrics (in English) are in the liner notes. I would suggest not reading the liner notes while driving.
Second CD benefit. The time you spend listening to this will be the equivalent of an afternoon at the beach or a walk in the mountains. The calming factor is amazing.
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